Photonic crystal circular-shaped microcavity and its uniform cavity-waveguide coupling property due to presence, of whispering gallery mode

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9450-9457

  Lee, Po Tsung ^a   Lu, Tsan Wen ^a   Yu, Chia Ming ^a   Tseng, Chung Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MICRO-GEAR LASERS; QUALITY FACTORS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34547456147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009450     Document Type: Article

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